Andrew Rainey, PhD, MPH is the senior scientist for the National Wastewater Surveillance System (NWSS) laboratory with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). His work involves developing, designing, and coordinating the execution of various lab experiments aimed to help support partners through standardization of lab methods…
Heather Mendez, MPH, CPH works as an epidemiologist for a state health department. Her work focuses on surveillance, informatics and analytics. She recently developed training resources that will be used to educate epidemiologists, data scientists, analysts, informaticians, and other public health professionals. She also works as an adjunct instructor…
“The focus of my work is to engage patients in medical decision making with modern information technology,” explained Dr. Tang. “I believe that patient-driven instead of physician-driven decision making is essential for personalized healthcare.” Dr. Tang is an endocrinologist with Griffin Faculty Physicians in Connecticut and creator of a decision-making…
Lindsey Redding, MPH, is one of Beta Epsilon’s Alumni Inductees. Lindsey is the Director of Community Initiatives at WellFlorida Council, the health planning council serving 16 north central Florida counties. She also serves as an adjunct professor at UF, teaching Assessment and Surveillance in Public Health. On her time as…
Janice Nieves, BPH, showed a commitment to Public Health throughout her time at the University of Florida with involvement in on-campus organizations U Matter Ambassadors and the Hispanic Student Association, and off-campus with Reading Pals and Kids Count. She credits her practicum with Kids Count as having the most impact…
Sarah Nguyentran, MPH, followed her time at the University of Florida with a fellowship with the CDC Midwest Center of Excellence for Vector-Borne Disease, under the mentorship of Dr. Jean Tsao of of Michigan State University, investigating the presence of blacklegged ticks and the pathogens they harbor. “During my…
Savanah Mueller, MPH, has been staying involved in the Public Health field, despite the scarcity of public health programs and jobs in the rural area of Eastern North Carolina that she calls home. She volunteers at a free medical clinic and a women’s shelter. Her recent work on assembling…
Stefania Mondello, MD, PhD, MPH is a physician scientist and one of the 2020 Alumni Inductees to Beta Upsilon. Prior to her current position as an Associate Professor of Biostatistics at the University of Messina in Italy, Dr. Mondello served as Director of Clinical Research for Banyan Biomarkers in…
Shelbi Dupre, BPH, will be attending Johns Hopkins University in the fall as an MSN Entry into Nursing Student. Her hope is to use public health and nursing to break barriers of health inequity, social injustice, and social determinants. In her senior year at the University of Florida, she…
Jenna Daniel, MPH, spent her time at the University of Florida developing the critical skills needed to succeed in the field of global health through hands-on work. “Some of my favorite moments […] were experienced while working with my faculty advisor, Dr. Sarah McKune,” she recalled. This included…
